419 scam: MR ALBERTO MARTINEZ <albertoma1952@yahoo.com> Mr Alberto Martinez(URGENT REPLY).

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- albertomartin1952@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: MR ALBERTO MARTINEZ <albertoma1952@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: albertom1952@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:02:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Mr Alberto Martinez(URGENT REPLY).

Attention Friend,

You will be Surprised to hear from me. I have a Business proposal which I
will like us to discuss. I am Mr Alberto Martinez,one of the international
Funds Manager of Fidelity Investment International.

The World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital
Investment Funds. Neverthless, as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our
Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum
Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan
Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over $44.4m from the Investor's
EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an
Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity
Magellan Capital Funds. All confirmable documents to back up the claims
will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have
worked out the strategies and technincalities whereby the funds can be
claimed in any of our Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing
ration should be 60-40.

Should incase you are interested, Please email me your direct telephone,
number and your fax number, your residential contact address,ocupation and
age,Please do send me your response as soon as possible via my confidential email:albertomartin1952@yahoo.com.hk i will send the details of the transaction to you as soon as i receive your reply.

Sincerely.
Mr Alberto Martinez.

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